Marioesque
Resembling the character Mario or the games in which he appears, typified by bright, cheerful environments, platform obstacles, and often the rescue of a princess from a monster.
Adjective
- Resembling the character Mario or the games in which he appears, typified by bright, cheerful environments, platform obstacles, and often the rescue of a princess from a monster.
- Or the clever blend of puzzles and hair raisingly, chilling battles in the kitchen of the conway estate with undead chefs whipping meat cleavers at me, while I mow em down with my shotgun in Killing time, or The...
- Yes, it's becoming possible to do so, but the same can really be said of plenty of genres, including Mario-esque action games. - 1999, Frioniel, “My Thoughts on Final Fantasy's Genre -- Narrative Games???”, in...
- It was a platformer type game. I do not think in ^([sic]) was pengo, but more of a marioesque type platformer. - 2000, Wade E. Solowoniuk, “name that game”, in alt.games.mame (Usenet):
Synonyms: Mariolike
Origin
Etymology tree English Mario French -esquebor. English -esque English Marioesque From Mario + -esque.